Archive for August, 2010
We’ve got Stuff to give away!
Posted on August 31, 2010. Filed under: Blatherings, Just for Fun, Marketing | Tags: author, authors, best fairy books, bobbie hinman, books, decatur, decatur book festival, diana black, ebooks, Echelon Press, karen syed, mary cunningham, nick valentino, quake, readers, reading, sales, sam morton, steampunk, writers |
We’ve been on a bit of a marketing spree lately at Echelon Press and we’ve got some promo materials we’d LOVE to give away to bookstores, teachers, and librarians. We have some really cool Kieryn Nicolas READ posters for the young readers in your life. These posters are 11 x 17. Send your mailing info to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Independents at what cost?
Posted on August 19, 2010. Filed under: Blatherings, Business, Marketing, Recognition | Tags: author, authors, books, bookstores, centuries & sleuths, Echelon Press, indiebound, karen syed, Marketing, olde towne books & tea, once upon a crime, publishing, readers, reading, sales, trends, writers, Writing |
Who loves Independent bookstores? I’d really like for you to take a moment after you read this note and tell the rest of what the name of your favorite Independent bookstore is and why. I’d also like you to tell us where that store is. They deserve to recognized! But before you do that, I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 13 so far )Don’t be dissin’ Ellen (Hopkins)
Posted on August 18, 2010. Filed under: Blatherings, Business, Writing | Tags: author, authors, books, burned, Echelon Press, ellen hopkins, Glass, Humble, Identical, Impulse, publishing, readers, reading, Teen Lit Fest, teen readers, teens, trends, tricks, TX Crank, young adult readers |
Ellen Hopkins is the latest victim in the fight to protect the young from reality. You can read the beginning of this dreadful saga at Ms. Hopkins’ blog, Censorship Bites. In a follow up post to her original, she made a request that people might contact Mr. Sconzo. I did just thats. I then decided [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )In the Shadow of Bollywood
Posted on August 16, 2010. Filed under: Blatherings, Guest Bloggers | Tags: author, bollywood, books, fiction, india, indian culture, reading, shobhan bantwal, the unexpected son |
By Shobhan Bantwal – author of The Unexpected Son If one grows up in India, it is inevitable that one is influenced by Bollywood, the affectionate and slightly mocking term for Bombay Hollywood. Bollywood churns out more movies each year than any other country in the world. Why? Because there is so much poverty and [...]
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